Adam Bareiro on Martín Palermo at Boca: «He backed me, I scored again» | OneFootball

Adam Bareiro got off to the perfect start in his spell at Boca. In addition to the four goals he has scored in the seven matches he has played, he has fit in excellently with a team that has been functioning much better since his arrival and Tomás Aranda’s breakthrough. In that sense, the Paraguayan explained that there was one very important person who helped him regain confidence and who knows the Boca world very well: Martín Palermo. El Titán, who was his coach at Fortaleza, helped him reconnect with scoring after a forgettable spell at River.

“When he arrived at Fortaleza, I wasn’t doing well. He told me he knew my qualities, that I didn’t have to prove anything to him. He gave me confidence and I started scoring again,” Bareiro said in Desde La Boca, the club’s official magazine. Wearing the Brazilian side’s shirt, he scored 11 goals in 31 matches, but he could not prevent relegation to Serie B.

“Having him as a coach was a privilege. I built a very nice relationship with Martín, and he was one of the first people I spoke to before arriving at Boca. He told me that the Boca world was special and that I should get ready to enjoy it,” added the Paraguayan.

And the advice from the all-time top scorer in Boca’s history has worked so far, because Bareiro earned a starting spot and, up to now, has risen to the occasion. He scored a brace on his debut against Gimnasia de Chivilcoy and, although he then went through a small four-match drought, in all of those games he had clear chances and played for the benefit of his teammates.

Against Instituto, after a prior VAR review added some suspense, he got back on the scoresheet, and in the following round against Talleres he scored the game’s only goal to give Claudio Úbeda’s team a very important win. This Tuesday, from 9:30 p.m. at Claro Arena in Chile, Bareiro will make his Copa Libertadores debut in Boca’s blue and gold against Universidad Católica.

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